The Kano State Governor,
Abdullahi Ganduje has disclosed that he personally appealed to members of the
State House of Assembly not to impeach his former deputy, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar.

This was contained in his
four-paragraph reply to Abubakar’s resignation letter.

The academic had on Sunday
resigned as deputy governor after weeks of speculations.

Abubakar explained to the
governor that he left because of “the current and persistent irreconcilable
differences on matters relating to governance, government operations, and
personal opinions”.

But in his reply, Ganduje said he
was surprised at the “assertion that I disrespected the office of the Deputy
Governor”.

Ganduje noted that despite
Abubakar’s utterances against him, he “neither interfered nor anulled any
decision” he took while in office.

He recalled that he allowed
Abubakar to chair the State Executive Council meeting last Tuesday when he had
to attend an official engagement outside Kano.

The Governor also said that but
for his intervention, Abubakar would have been impeached.

He wrote: “You might be aware
that members of the State House of Assembly have already gathered enough
signatures and many impeachable offences against you…but with your later dates
4th August 2018 (a Saturday), I have appealed to them to drop the process and
they have so obliged.”

Ganduje however added that he
respects Abubakar’s decision and wishes him well.

Abubakar, a loyalist of former
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, had been at loggerheads with Ganduje.

In 2014, it was Kwankwaso who
tapped the Professor of Nutritional Science at the Bayero University to run
with the incumbent.

Meanwhile, the race for the
vacant position has begun with five persons already vying to be deputy
governor.